The retry value is the maximum number of connection attempts that the SR OS can make to reach the current LDAP server before attempting the next server. For example, if the value is set to the default of 3, the SR OS tries to establish the connection to current server three times before attempting to establish a connection to the next server.
The timeout value is the number of seconds that the SR OS waits for a response from the server with which it is attempting to establish a connection. If the server does not reply within the specified timeout value, the SR OS increments the retry counter by one. The SR OS attempts to establish the connection to the current server up to the configured retry value before moving to the next configured server.